frist presentation / crit 191012

thank you for the fine pin-up at white box, on time (!) well ordered and to the point, with many  very interesting mappings and thought provoking material(s) :-)  also: for fine questions and debate on the many urban, architectural and  more mundane topics. pics from the crit and the day(s) before with work-in progress on dropbox with link here.

remember the sustainability essay (title /subject) due on monday.
prof harald røstvik will attend the  presentation on wednesday.

more on material(s) expected on wednesday, on post tomorrow.

nordnes groups presentations, friday 19.10.12

presentations start at 9:30  (!) sharp, in white-box

by 9:15 ALL material to be pinned up, space cleared, 3-4 tables in middle for models and green booklets, adequate chairs for 35 persons. lights checked, (as kjeld-vidar) best to start pin up thursday evening in whitebox

the following is expected:

group material on wall: keep same top and bottom for all material, ca. same m2 for each group. one wall area reserved for individual "spaces" , pinned up same way as group work. (copy as booklet)

ALL materials to be present in original and copy. (applies from now on)

presentations:

each group's member to prepare 100 word text (norwegian or english) describing the almeningen + very short info on group material exhibited.  text(s) to be read individually, (5m each) with comments and discussions to follow after all members are finished.

time allotment: 40 minutes per group max.  > comments on group work and individual recommendations.

individual space presentations: 100 words text for each, booklet. (do not describe any intentions, just describe site, no why's, just characteristic of place)
>  presentation to be limited to indication of placement and booklet run-through.

16:30 - 18:00, feed-back and recommendation for "completing"  of material for next wednesday's pin-up.expect more focused workload.

some links to space:time understandings (and voids)

in japan, the concepts of space and time have been simultaneously expressed by the word MA. MA is characterized as the natural distance between two or more things existing in continuity or as the natural pause or interval between two or more phenomena occurring simultaneously. thus, both time and space have are) been measured in terms of intervals.

in the following are two links to go more in depth with the concept of MA. - a short film (sublimely "boring":-) here and the catalogue from the original exhibition in NY (1989 at the cooper-hewitt), curated by arata isozaki, here. enjoy. you will (much) later during your studies remember the MA concept.

some links to (nordic) konkretistisk poesi

words and wordings can be many things… you got some intro to (some) of  perec and queneau's works; here are some more inspirations, this time from nordic konkretistisk poesi.

first link to 3 recent nordic ones, with fine interactions… (curtesy afsnitp, a great site for words and images) then you might try the fabulous site on swedish konkretpoesi here.- if that takes to long to enter (sweep, woosh and click until the colors change) here are links to pieces by fahlström, reutersward, helden and hallberg to enjoy.

some hints about (condition) classifications (naming)

there are many (architectural) conditions in nordnes. some simple, some more complicated, some straight forward, some more ambiguous. while mapping and collecting data, try to classify, and at some stage (when you have enough info/material) name the conditions. specify after your own rules and typologies, so that it becomes your maps, your definitions of situations.

 
there is (so much) more to architectural conditions than assessing where private /semi-private/public is located or where wind/sun/rain conditions prevail.

discover & make visible yet unamed territories within nordnes. map, charter and name with queneau-like gusto. invent definitions.

the above (dry) "correlation chart" is from steven holl's pamphlet " edge of a city", from a project for milano.

on repetition(s) [knee play 1] & [sequential]

repetition(s) will be a recurring theme and modus operandi during this semester. we had promissed you to release some links for appropriate music /soundings while you work.

here is the first link: to composer philip glass, with an image from his first opera (in collaboration with robert wilson). click the link here to listen to some longer parts (lower right of page > listen,  selected music). start with "knee play 1" to get in sinc. should you want to mix your own glass, clik here for the glassengine.

here is a second link with more contemporary stuff: try listen to tristan perich's "sequential" suite or try the 1-bit compositions. (he dabbles with drawing machines too) 

some guide-lines for the model(s)

- build-up models with either cardboard or lightweight rigid foam boards one layer at a time
(figure out the height on the map should be either 1 or 0,5 m per line)

- make sure to have precise and straight edges on the edge sides. - water will not be represented. on the sides with water, the model's sides will either slope down or become piers (ca 2 m).

- streets will only be represented as topography. no trees or other fixtures to be present on model.

- cover all model(s) surfaces with short strips of the brown paper provided, make random patterns to achieve proper random patterns.

- houses to be manufactured with rigid foam, plastered( plolyfilla, ie) sandpapered and painted the same  white color for all models.

- not all houses have to be manufactured. start with those that (appear to) form the almeningen's sides.

- do not stamp, draw, or apply any other paint on the models.
  NO trees, cars,small people ! just the paper strips surface topography and the houses in white.
  NOTHING else !

start model when you have enough information(s). (see previous blog post)

use today and friday morning for further investigations and data gathering on the various architectural conditions on the almeningerne. while manufacturing model, do not specialize in "effective" work-teams to do the job. share the work, so that all in the group contribute equally !!